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Researchers at Seoul National University in the Republic of Korea found that exposure above the WHO night noise level (55 dB – equivalent to the noise of a suburban street) is linked to a significant increase in infertility. They say it is important to consider noise when assessing environmental conditions that contribute to infertility.

Noise has already been linked to various health problems, including heart disease and mental illness; it also changes our social behavior and interferes with our performance of complex tasks.

Previous research has shown a link between exposure to noise and birth-related problems, but the new study is the first to show that long-term exposure to relatively low levels of noise may contribute to the development of infertility in men.

“One of the biggest problems the world is facing today is environmental pollution; my special concern is what Theo Colborn described in her book Our Stolen Future: that the rapid decline in men’s sperm counts in the 20th century was due to environmental pollution,” commented Dr. Jin-Young Min, the study’s co-author.

“If this trend continues, humans in the future will not be able to have normal pregnancy and childbirth. If you are a man and suffer from infertility, you need to consider exposure to environmental pollution as a risk factor.”

About the author

Dr. Jin-Young Min is a Research Professor in the Institute of Health and Environment at the School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea. She is interested in the health effects of environmental pollutants and noise. With her husband (Dr. Kyoung-bok Min, her co-author), she has published about 60 related papers over the last 10 years. Since 2015, she has received research funds from the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and conducted the research project entitled “Health effect on exposures to air pollution, organic compounds, and heavy metal.”